expression / adjective:

• being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly

noun:

• steps; stairs; staircase; terrace

ichidan verb:

• to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

expression / adverb:

• with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down

noun:

• (as used in Northern Japan) greenling ➜ 鮎魚女
• (as used in Kochi and surrounds) medaka ricefish ➜ 目高

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family ➜ 所帯を持つ

noun:

• International Covenants on Human Rights; ICCPR
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; ICESCR

noun:

• hot springs bath with simulated natural water supply and drainage; closed-loop hot springs bath

noun:

• dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried

noun / ~の noun:

• China and North Korea; Chinese-North Korean

noun:

• imperial court
• Imperial Court (of Japan)
• middle ages

adverb / ~する noun:

• flaring up; burning hotly; suddenly becoming bright - onomatopoeia
• flying into a rage; losing one's cool - onomatopoeia
• opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth) - onomatopoeia
• acting resolutely - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• interpreter (languages, events, etc.) ➜ 通訳者・説明者
• interpreter; software that decodes and executes a high-level language (e.g. Java, Python, PHP) - IT term

noun:

• bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle finger - esp. しっぺ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• carbonated alcohols; category of alcoholic beverages in liquor tax law which includes beer, happoshu and other drinks with an alcohol percentage of 10 or less ➜ 発泡酒

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ダブル立直【ダブルリーチ】

noun:

• breath
• sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality

noun / ~する noun:

• count; counting

noun:

• count of balls and strikes - Baseball term ➜ ボールカウント

noun / ~する noun:

• count (after a knock-down in boxing) - Sports term ➜ カウントアウト

noun:

• count (of radioactivity)

noun:

• doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches; doll made from chrysanthemum flowers
• beautiful but stupid girl

noun:

• (finger) ring ➜ 指輪
• metal thimble ➜ 指貫【ゆびぬき】
• ring used to constrict a finger to make it small and beautiful - archaism

noun:

• Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake

expression:

• something; something or other; so-and-so

adverb:

• somehow; anyhow; one way or another

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to sit down (and bask); to sit-in (in protest)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to

adverb / noun:

• (sound) of clashing swords; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords - four character idiom